Character Name: Private Gustavus Ing
Player Name: Devin Parker
Race: Human
Homeland: Karandia
Profession: Blue Talon
3 Adjectives to Describe: Loud, Optimistic, Good-Natured

Class: Mage
Max 5 BP, 2 RP, - PP, 10 CP, +1 AP, 7 Skills

Body Points: 4
Armor Points: 0
Total Hit Points: 4
Recovery Points: 2

Magik Category: True
Purchase Points: 20
Casting Points: 8
Focus: Spell Book

Spell List:
DETECT MAGIK, MAGIK (STONE) BOLT, MAGIK SHIELD, MAGIK (STONE) WALL, SHIELD, TREMOR, WARD

Special Skills: (1XP = 2SP)
None

Special Items: None

Magikal Item Count: None

Special Notes: None

Relative Wealth: Struggling

Allies: Karandian Mage (Talon) Corps

Foes: Icaran Army, Acolytes of Vorak

Goals/Desires:
  • To serve his country and the Corps honorably.
  • To improve his magikal defensive abilities.
  • To return home a hero when his duty is completed, find a nice girl to wed, a nice farm to till, raise a family and settle down.

Weaknesses:
  • Hard of hearing due to a magikal blast (Healing magik cures him for about an hour, after which his deafness returns).
  • Wears spectacles (near-sighted).

Campaigns attended by this Character /Date:
"Mage Academy", Aug. 5-6, 2000

Experience Points Spent on this Character: 0

Do you, the Player, have any medical problems that the GMs must know about? Please explain: None

Character History:
Gustavus Ing was a peasant who was born with an innate affinity for the earth. His early, unshaped talent with magik allowed him to perform a few tricks which made him a curiosity in his home village of Drury-by-Water.

Always an adventurous boy, he often goaded his friends into accompanying him into the border country near the River Yoleth, less than a day's walk from the village. One day he witnessed a skirmish taking place between Karandian and Icaran soldiers, and he crept closer to watch. He paid the price for his curiosity by triggering a magikal trap; the resultant explosion launched him into the air. When Gustavus regained consciousness, the world had been engulfed in a high-pitched keening sound, and everyone's voices seemed muffled to him. His ears were bleeding, his body was bruised, and he was surrounded by Karandian soldiers with concerned expressions. Fortunately a White Talon had been present with the soldiers, and she knitted his broken bones back together with her restorative magik. Unfortunately, he never quite recovered his hearing.

Wanting a better life for himself than what his father had, he traveled to the nearest town to enlist in the Karandian Army as soon as he was of age. He was worried that his damaged hearing would prevent him from being accepted into the ranks. To his relief and delight, his inherent magikal abilities were detected by a Talon assisting the recruiters, and he was inducted into the Mage Corps. He has tried to make up for his hearing problem with diligence and determination in fulfilling his duties.

Since his academy training, Ing has served along the borderlands, fortifying military encampments and guard towers.